This is the 14th consecutive year that the No. 1 ranking has lost 10 points...KT defeated Sangmu to become the first champion
Oct 01, 2025
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KT beat Sangmu 10-5 in the '2025 Futures League Championship Game' held at Gocheok Sky Dome on the 1st. KT's mound was shaken by giving up five four outs, but Sangmu self-destructed by pouring out nine four outs.
KT, ranked second in the Southern League, advanced to the championship match by beating Hanwha Eagles, ranked first in the Northern League. KT came from behind to win 10-6 against Hanwha in the semifinals on the 29th of last month.
The managing director was clearly a rebel. Sangmu ranked first in the Southern League with 74 wins, 27 losses, 1 draw, and an overwhelming 0.733 win rate. Since 2012, he has maintained his No. 1 ranking for 14 consecutive years.
KT was inferior to Sangmu with four wins and nine losses in 13 showdowns this season. Still, no one knew the end because the winner of the crown was determined by just one game in the championship game.
KT made the starting lineup with Jung Young-woong (center fielder), Lee Yong-hyun (third baseman), Kang Min-sung (second baseman), Kim Junghoon Lee (designated hitter), Lee Seung-hyun (first baseman), Moon Sang-joon (striker), Kim Byung-joon (left fielder), Kim Min-seok (possession), and Choi Dong-hee (right fielder). The starting pitcher is Han Cha-hyun.
Sangmu confronted Ryu Hyun-in (2nd baseman), Park Hang-gyeol (designated hitter), Han Dong-hee (3rd baseman), Lee Jae-won (left-winger), Yoon Joon-ho (captor), Ryu Seung-min (center fielder), Park Chan-hyuk (right-winger), Jeon Eui-san (left-winger), and Kim Doo-hyun (striker). The starting pitcher is Jin Seung-hyun.
Han Cha-hyun pitched three innings of 57 pitches, three hits, six strikeouts, and no runs, and passed the ball to the bullpen. Since then, Yoon Sang-sang (one run in ⅔ innings), Kwon Sung-joon (⅓ innings), Lee Joon-myung (three runs and one earned run in ⅔ innings), Lim Joon-hyung (1 inning), Kim Jae-won (1 inning), Jeon Yong-joo (1 ⅓ inning), and Lee Chae-ho (1 run in 1 inning) have continued to throw to keep the victory.
In the lineup, Kim Min-seok played 2 hits and 3 RBIs in 4 at-bats, and Kang Min-sung recorded 3 hits and 1 RBI in 4 at-bats. Choi Dong-hee gave a boost with two hits and an RBI from four times at bat.
He shook Sangmu starter Jin Seung-hyun from the start. In the top of the first inning, leadoff hitter Jung Young-woong got a walk and stole second base when Kang Min-sung was at-bat with one out. Kang Min-sung got a walk and even his Junghoon Lee walked to load the bases with one out. Lee Seung-hyun's sacrifice fly to center field led 1-0.
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KT won the game by scoring five runs in large numbers in the top of the third inning. Junghoon Lee's walk and Lee Seung-hyun's four pitches made it 1st and 2nd base with no outs, and Moon Sang-joon hit a timely double to left field to make it 3-0. In the continued chances of second and third bases with no outs, Kim Byung-joon got on base with a dune and connected with the bases loaded, and Kim Min-seok hit a sacrifice fly to left field to run 4-0.
With one out and runners on the second and third bases, Choi Dong-hee hit a timely RBI single to the right of the left field to make it 5-0, and Kim Byung-joon, who was a second baseman, scored as a result of a mistake in the left field catch, widening the distance to 6-0. With two outs and runners on first base, Lee Yong-hyun got a walk, and as the crisis continued on the first and second bases, Sangmu replaced the pitcher from Lee Ki-soon to Song Myung-ki. Kang Min-sung stole a timely hit to left field from Song Myung-ki, making it 7-0.
KT's scoring streak continued in the top of the fourth inning. After one out, Moon Sang-joon got on base due to a groundout error at the second base, and Kim Min-seok hit a timely double to right-center to spread the distance to 8-0.
As KT operated the bullpen, the managing director began to follow later. In the bottom of the fourth inning, when Kim Doo-hyun got on base due to a grounder to the third base with two outs and runners on the first and third bases, third baseman Park Chan-hyuk scored to make it 8-1.
When KT ran 9-1 in the top of the fifth inning with Lee Seung-hyun's grounder RBI to the first base, Sangmu started chasing as he scored three runs in the bottom of the fifth inning. After one out, Han Dong-hee's walk and Lee Jae-won and Yoon Joon-ho's hits were combined to get a full base opportunity. Ryu Seung-min hit an RBI grounder to the first base to make it 9-2, and when Park Chan-hyuk got on base due to a shortstop ground ball throwing error with two outs and runners on the first and third bases, both runners scored to make it 9-4.
KT scored a run in the top of the sixth inning. Leading hitter Kim Byung-joon hit a double and stole third base, putting pressure on Sangmu pitcher Hong Seung-won. Kim Min-seok struck out swinging, but Kim Byung-joon scored while Hong Seung-won committed a wild pitch in Choi Dong-hee's at-bat with one out and third base, making it 10-4.
Sangmu followed a run with Ryu Seung-min's superior home run after two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, but it was not enough to turn the game around.
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
